Match-igniting device.



J. E. NEAHR.

MATCH IGNITING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 11, 1913.

1 122,79 1, Patented Dec. 29, 1914.

JACOB E. NEAI-IR, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MATCH-IGNITING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 29, 1914i.

AppIication filed December 11, 1913. Serial No. 805,895.

To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, JACOB E. NEAHR, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Match-Igniting Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to match-igniting devices of the class shown in my pending application Serial No. 792,564, filed September 30, 1913, Patent No. 1,10i,699, in which a strip of igniting material is wrapped around a drum so that a match may be ignited thereon. The strip is pulled out through an opening in the side of the drum or case, and a clip mounted upon the case holds the strip in place. The case has a cover which may be swung off to give access to the spool of strip within the casing.

The principal object of the present improvements is to improve and simplify the operation of the device, and particularly to facilitate the adjustment or advancement of the strip around the case, and conveniently secure the end of the strip.

I aim to produce an attractive, simple and substantial but inexpensive structure, in which the igniting strip may be readily manipulated, and in which the liability of the cover of the casing becoming accidentally opened or the strip loosened, is eliminated.

A feature of the invention is the means for permitting the strip to be advanced from time to time (to expose fresh portions thereof) without the necessity of releasing the strip clamp or opening the casing.

The casing which contains the strip may be mounted upon a pedestal as before, and the cover may be provided with a box for receiving the matches. According to the present improvements, the cover, which is swung laterally from the casing, has a depending tongue or flange, which, when the cover is closed, serves as a clip for holding the igniting strip firmly against the side of the casing; and a latch also being provided for holding the clamp, together with the cover, in closed position, said latch being easily releasable by pressing upon a fingerpiece connected thereto. The latch, with its finger-piece, is mounted out of the way upon the bottom of the casing, where the latch engages a catch that projects from the stripclamping tongue.

The tongue or clamp is preferably made with an opening to expose a substantial portion of the strip, so that the user by placing a finger in said opening, may feed the strip along. Hence after the strip is once wrapped around the casing and secured by the clamp, it is not neccessary again to open the casing so long as the strip lasts, as the strip may be fed forwardly by the finger working in said opening, at least sufficiently to feed out an end, which may be pulled by the user to withdraw as much of the fresh strip from the casing as desired, whereupon the waste end of the strip may be torn off, one end of the clamping tongue or plate serving as a severing edge for this purpose.

The wall of the casing adjacent to the strip clamp is preferably of yielding construction, so as to prevent the strip from being too firmly held; while, owing to the large size of the clamping tongue, it is effective to hold the strip securely, even though the pressure between the tongue and the yielding portion of the casing is sufiiciently light to allow the strip to be readily fed or drawn past the clamp in the manner already explained.

Qther features and advantages will hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of a split stud upon which the strip spool is mounted within the casing. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a combined match-holder and ash tray, provided with the present improvements; the end of the strip being shown as pulled out beyond the clamp and ready to be torn off. Fig. 3 is a perspective view to illustrate the yielding portion of the body of the casing against which the clamp presses the strip. Fig. 4; is a perspective view showing the case opened. Fig. 5 is a part sectional view of the bottom of the casing showing the clamp and cover opened. Fig. 6 is a part sectional plan of the casing with the clamp in position. Fig. 7 is a sectional elevation of the improved structure. Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 5, but showing the clamp and cover closed and held by the latch.

The casing may comprise a bottom 1 mounted upon a standard 2 rising from the middle of an ash tray 8, and the latter may have a felt-protected base l secured by a screw 5 threaded into the bottom of said standard. The casing may also comprise a cylindrical. body portion 6 and may have a cover 7' pivoted thereto at 8, to swing-lat erally out from the casing; and the cover may be provided with a box 9 to receive matches 10.

The igniting strip 11 may be carried'upon a spool or core 12, whose bore 13 may fit uprn a stud 1a rising from a screw 15, which is threaded into the upper end of the standard 2; and the stud 14 may be split at 16, and the portions spread apart and rounded at their tips, as seen at 17, so that the spool 12 may be conveniently forced thereon, thus pressing the portions of thestud 14 toward each other and setting up a friction which opposes the rotation of the spool, and hence opposes the unwinding of the strip, 'so that the latter is under control.

In the casing is an opening 18, through which the end of the strip may be drawn out, to be wound around the body 6 of the casing or drum and form a matclvstriking device. One edge of the casing at the opening at 18 is bent inwardly at 19, to form a rounded guide over which the strip will easily slip without liability of tearing. The

strip is carried around the casing or drum,

and at points near said opening 18 is clamped to the drum by means of a tongue, plate or flange 20, which depends from the cover 7 and is curved to fit to the periphery of the casing or drum as shown, so that, by holding the cover closed, the end of the strip is clamped firmly to the drum.

inwardly from the bottom end of the clamping plate 20 extends a catch 21, over which snaps a latch 22, mounted upon the end of a spring 23, which is fastened to the casing by rivets 24. The catch 21 and the latch and spring are all mounted upon the under side of the bottom 1 of the casing, where they are out of the way, and where they are all out of sight when the cover is closed, thus conducing to the simple and attractive appearance of the device.

When it is desired to introduce a fresh strip, the user may press inwardly a fingerpiece or button 25 which extends from the latch22 and juts out beyond the lower edge of the casing to give the user convenient access thereto. By'this means the latch 22 may be released and the cover 7 swung aside to open the case, as seen at Fig. 4:. To close thecasing, it is only necessary to press thecover 7 back as far as it will go, the latch 22 yielding to permit the passage of the catch 21, and being immediately snapped over said catch by the spring 23. The clamp 20 serves as a stop to limit the closing movement of the cover, and the latch" 22 holds the cover closed, and hence holds the clamp effectively upon the strip 11. The free end of the latch may be supported by a stud 26, projecting from the bottom of the casing 1 down through aslot 27 in the head, and having asupporting head-beneath the latch.

In order to allow for trifling inaccuracies of manufacture and to provide for a substantial firmness of clamping action of the plate 20 witho'utliability of the latter havingtoo great a grip on the strip, a portion of the casing 6 is made yielding as at 28, Fig.3, this portion being adjacent to the opening 18, and just behind the clamp 20 when the latter is in its closed position, as seen at Fig. 6. This portion 28 is made yielding by cutting away the bottom thereof, as at 29, to clea'rthe base 1 of the casing, thus making 28 a spring tongue. The yielding of the "latter may be limited by a stop 30 projecting from the bottom of the base 1.

It will be seen that the strip clamp 20 is provided with an opening'3l of considerable area, so as to expose a large portion of the strip;*and by manipulating said exposed pcrtion, by applying his finger thereto through said opening 31, the user may advance the strip so as to project an end thereof past the clamp 20, as seen at 32, Fig. 2. 'Sa1d end may be torn off, or the user may grasp said end and pull out as 'much'as he desires of the used portion of the strip, and then tear off the same, one end 33 of the clamp serving as a severing edge. The pressure between the clamp and the yielding backing 28 is never sufiicient to prevent the strip being fed and pulled forward in this manner, while, owing to the relatively large size of the clamp, this light pressure is sufficient to hold the strip with the firmness necessary to prevent accidental disarrangement thereof. Thus after the strip is once inserted and wrapped around the casing and clamped by the tongue or plate 20, the box needs never to be opened as long as the strip lasts, because it is only necessary to feed the strip forwardly by the finger and'manipulat'e the strip in the manner specified, without at any time releasing the strip'from the clamp.

In order to stiflen the clamping plate 20, the latter may be provided with an inturned flange 3-1, which may close under the bottom of the casing 1 as at Fig. 8, andin which may be cut the catch 21.

It will be observed that the device com bines a neat and attractive appearance with extreme simplicity of operation, inexpensiveness of manufacture, and absence of liability to get out of order; the igniting strip being easily inserted and placed in position, and firmly heldand easily manipulated and advanced and torn off, without incurring the necessity of mastering the method of operation of any mechanism, and without liability of injury to the device occasioned by opening and closing the cover.

or of accidentally opening the casing.

Variations may be resorted to within the scope of the invention, and portions of the improvements may be used without others.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. The combination of a receptacle for a match-igniting strip, said receptacle having an opening through which the strip may be withdrawn, a device pivoted to said receptacle and having means to clamp the withdrawn end ol the strip against the receptacle, and releasable means mounted for movement relatively to said clamping means and to said receptacle, for locking the clamping means in etl'ective position.

2. The combination of areceptacle for a match-igniting strip, said receptacle having an opening through which the strip may be withdrawn, a device pivoted to said receptacle and having means to clamp the withdrawn end of the strip against the receptacle, releasable means for locking said clamping means in effective position, and a cover for .said receptacle, said cover connected tosaid clamping means to be swung to closed position as the clamping means is swung to etl'ective position.

3. The combination of a receptacle for a matclnigniting strip, said receptacle having an opening through which the strip may be withdrawn, the r ceptacle serving as a base upon which to wrap the withdrawn end of the strip to form inatclrstriking device, a cover for said receptacle, said cover pivoted to swing oil from the receptacle, and means on said cover to clamp the outer end of the strip to the receptacle, said clamping means being brought to eli'ective position by the movement of the cover which closes the receptacle.

4. 'l he combination of a receptacle for a match-igniting stri said receptacle having an opening through which the strip may be withdrawn, the receptacle serving as a base upon which to wrap the withdrawn end of the strip to form match-striking device, a cover for said receptacle, said cover pivoted to swing oil from the receptacle, means on said cover to clamp the outer end of the strip to the receptacle, said clamping means being brought to el'l'ective position by the movement of the cover which closes the receptacle, and means mounted for independent movement for locking the clamp in closed position.

5. The combination of a receptacle for a match-igniting strip, said receptacle having an opening through which the strip may be withdrawn, the receptacle serving as a base upon which to wrap the withdrawn end of the strip to form a match-striking device, a cover for said receptacle, said cover pivoted to swing oil from the receptacle, and means on said cover to clamp the outer end of the strip to the receptacle, said clamping means being' brought to effective position by the movement of the cover which closes the receptacle, said clamping means in the form of a plate fitting to the wall of the receptacle and having an opening to expose suth'cient of the strip to afford a hold for the finger of the user, to advance the strip, and the end of said plate serving as a severing edge for the strip.

6. The combination of a cylindrical boX or receptacle for a match-igniting strip, said receptacle h ving in its side an opening through which the strip may be withdrawn, and the side of said receptacle serving as a base or drum upon which to wrap the strip to form a match-striking device, a cover pivoted upon said receptacle to swing laterally oil therefrom, and a plate depending from said cover to clamp the strip against the drum when the cover is closed.

7. The combination of a cylindrical box or receptacle for a match-igniting strip, said receptacle having in its side an opening through which the strip may be withdrawn, and the side of said receptacle serving as a base or drum upon which to wrap the strip to form a match-striking device, a cover pivoted upon said receptacle to swing laterally ofi' therefrom, and a plate depending from said cover to clamp the strip against the drum when the cover is closed; said clamp being in the form of a plate curved to conform to the side of the drum and having a finger-opening for advancing the strip.

8. The combination of a cylindrical box or receptacle for a match-igniting strip, said receptacle having in its side an opening through which the strip may be withdrawn, and the side of said receptacle serving as a base or drum upon which to wrap the strip to form a match-striking device, a cover pivoted upon said receptacle to swing laterally ofl' therefrom, and a plate depending from said cover to clamp the strip against the drum when the cover is closed; said clamp being in the form of a plate curved to conform to the side of the drum and having a finger-opening for advancing the strip and normally occupying a position adjacent to said opening in the side of the receptacle.

9. The combination of a cylindrical box or receptacle for a. match-igniting strip, said receptacle having in its side an opening through which the strip may be withdrawn, and the side of said receptacle serving as a base or drum upon which to wrap the strip to form a match-striking device, a cover pivoted upon said receptacle to swing laterally ol'l therefrom, a plate depending from said cover to clamp the strip against the drum when the cover is closed, and releasable means for locking the cover in its closed position with the clamp effective to hold the strip.

11. The combination of a cylindrical box or receptacle for a match-1gn1ting str1p,said' receptacle having in its side an opening through which the strip may be Withdrawn,

and the side of said receptacle serving as a.

base or drum upon which to wrap the strip to form a inatcl'i-strikin-g device, a. cover plv'oted upon said receptacle lSOSW'lIlg laterally off therefrom, a plate depending from said cover to clamp the strip against the drum when the cover is closed, and a latch to hold said cover closed; said latch mounted upon the underside of said receptacle and constructed to spring to closed position, and having a finger-pieceprojecting beyond the edge of the box whereby the latch may be pressed inwardly to release said cover. i

12. The combination of a cylindrical box or receptacle for a match-igniting strip, said receptacle having in its side an opening through which the strip may be Withdrawn,

and the side of said receptacle servin as a base or upon-Which to Wrap the strip to form ainatch-stri-king device, a cover pivotednpon said receptacle to swing laterally 01f therefrom, a plate depending from said cover to clamp the strip against the drum when the cover is closed; a portion of the wall of said receptacleadjacent to said opening being of resilient construction, to yield under thepressure of the clamp; and means to limit the movement of said yielding portion.

13. The combination ofa cylindrical box or receptacle fora in'a tch-igniting" strip, said receptacle having in its side an'cpeningthrough which the'strip may be withdrawn, andtheside of said receptacle serv ing as'a base or drum upon which to Wrap the strip to form a match-striking device, a cover pivoted upon said receptacle to swing lateI'allyOfl' therefronna plate depending from said cover to clamp the strip against the drum when the cover is closed; a portion of the Wallof'said receptacle adj acent to said opening beingiof resilient construction to yield under the" pressure of the clamp, and means to hold the cover closed.

' JaooBia NEaHRQ Witnesses: Trr'Us. H. Irons," F. E. ALEXANDER.

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